Lee Joo For

Born 1929 in Penang

ART EDUCATION
1957-1958     Brighton College of Art
1960-1962     Camberwell College of Art
1962-1964     Royal College of Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
1957                 British Council, British Library, Penang
1960                 Commonwealth Institute, London
1964                 Art Council of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur
1968                 University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
1969                 International Institute, New York
Kansas University, USA
1971                  Samat Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
1972                 Mandarin Art Gallery, Singapore
1980                 East West Art Gallery, Melbourne
1985                  Raya Art Gallery, Melbourne
1995                  Retrospective exhibition, The Art Gallery, Penang.
1996                  Art Salon,Kuala Lumpur
1996-7,1999  The Art Gallery, Penang
2008                 Retrospective exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery
2009                 Art Salon @ SENI, Kuala Lumpur.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
1964                  Selected artists exhibition, Shakespeares Festival, UK
1966                  International combined graphics exhibition, Tokyo
1970                 Combined graphics exhibition, Sao Paolo
Combined graphics exhibition, Montreal Expo.
1998                  Joint exhibition with daughter, Michelline Lee, Darwin.

ART ACTIVITIES
1946                  Art-illustrator by Monsoon magazine (the first post-war English magazine)
1948                  Art teacher, St Xavier’s Institution, Penang
1952                  Secretary, Penang Art Teachers’ Council
1961                  Founded Malaysia Art Circle, Malaysia Hall, London
1965                 Art lecturer, Specialist Teachers’ Training Institute, Kuala Lumpur
1973                Lecturer in mural art and life drawing, Cauldfield Institute of Technology, Melbourne
1975-1989    Lecturer in art and drama, Institute of Catholic Education (later known as the Catholic University,         Australia), Melbourne.

PUBLICATIONS
1995               Lee Joo For Retrospective Catalogue, 1957 – 1995, The Art Gallery, Penang.
1999               My Name is Fire- The Art of Lee Joo For, The Art Gallery, Penang.
2008              Lee Joo For Retrospective, Penang State Art Gallery.

AUCTIONS
Mar 1995     Christies’ auction of S.E. Asian Pictures, Singapore
Mar & Oct 1996     Christies’ auction of S.E. Asian Pictures, Singapore
May 1998    Christies’ auction of S.E. Asian Pictures, Singapore
Sotheby’s auction of S.E. Asian Pictures, Singapore
Oct 1999      Sotheby’s auction of S.E. Asian Pictures, Singapore

HONOURS
1964             Commissioned to paint portraits of Tun Razak, who was then Deputy Prime Minister, Malaysia and his wife.
1964             Featured in television presentation, Merdeka Makes Art.
1966            Appointed travelling representative of the Malaysian combined exhibitions in France and Italy.
2004           Featured in The Encyclopedia of Malaysia, Vol 8- Performing Arts
(Volume editor – Professor Dr. Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof), page 110
2007          Featured in The Encyclopedia of Malaysia, Vol 14- Crafts and the Visual Arts
(Volume editor – Datuk Syed Ahmad Jamal), page 134.